Time Sensitive Issue – Major Governance Changes Being Considered for CNA

As you may know, the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) is considering a major change to its governance structure, and will be making a decision on this important matter very soon at its Annual Meeting on June 19. The NSGEU Nurses Council is quite concerned about this possible change and what it may mean for our RN members.

Our concerns thus far include:

Voting is occurring at an AGM next Wednesday that is not well attended. There will not be much opportunity for good or varied conversations.

Only one month of awareness was given on this significant issue

Model B is the model getting more support; however, there is no mechanism for the nomination or the election process

In order to be elected, a NSGEU member must be an RN in good standing and affiliated professionally. This seems to mean that because we are not a member of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Union (which NSNU is), the only way a NSGEU member could be elected to the CNA board position for Nova Scotia depends solely on whether or not s/he is on the CRNNS council or its committees. This needs to be addressed as it may pertain to voting as well!